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despoil vs pillage

pillage vs despoil

despoil is not a noun while pillage is a noun.

despoil and pillage both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
despoil No No Yes No
pillage Yes No Yes No
As verbs, despoil and pillage are synonyms defined as:
  • despoil and pillage: steal goods; take as spoils
Other synonyms of despoil include foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip.
despoil (noun) pillage (noun)
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
goods or money obtained illegally
despoil (verb) pillage (verb)
destroy and strip of its possession steal goods; take as spoils
steal goods; take as spoils
Difference between despoil and pillage

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